Events Calendar

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/28/46705/

The Texas Law Alumni Association's Townes Hall Morning Coffee will kick off on the first day of class Wednesday, August 28th, and continue on Mondays through the fall semester. Open to all students every Monday morning! Please bring your favorite travel mug (we are going green, so no paper products will be provided) and enjoy FREE coffee every Monday morning to start your week off right on behalf of the Alumni Association. Coffee will be located at one, large stations located near the 1L Classrooms (by TNH 2.140, TNH 2.319) beginning at 8:45am until it's gone, so get there early!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/28/48372/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/28/49245/

Dean Farnsworth invites Section 2.4 to join him for ice cream and conversation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/28/50512/

Human Rights and Global Inequality: Law, History, Politics

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/28/46786/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/28/46905/

Weekly CLS Bible Study

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/28/49211/

Morning women's Bible study at the law school. This semester we will be studying the "Armor of God." This event occurs every other Tuesday from 8:00 am to 9:00 am. Coffee and breakfast will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/29/49220/

Brigadier General Escallier will be talking about careers in the JAG Corps. She is currently serving as the Assistant JAG for Military Law and Operations. Breakfast is open to students and faculty. Please RSVP with the Texas Law Veterans Association by email at president.tlva@gmail.com by October 22nd.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/29/50845/

Breakfast with BG Susan Escallier.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/29/50985/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/29/46706/

Interested in learning more about career pathways available in the public service sector? Come explore different public service career paths and hear from practitioners working in government agencies and public interest organizations. There will be six small group settings where students, alumni, and clinical faculty will share tips and strategies for exploring public sector law practice through clinics, internships, pro bono, and networking.

Please choose two small group discussions you would like to join no later than Tuesday, October 22. Lunch will be served.

RSVP by Tuesday, October 22, on Symplicity by clicking on the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/29/47609/

Meeting of the clinical faculty.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/29/47967/

Power Lunch Series featuring Brigadier General Susan Escallier, Assistant Judge Advocate General, Military Law and Operations

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/29/47506/

1L students who are participating in the Alumni Mentoring program must attend one orientation session, either on 10/29 or 10/31 from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/29/47786/

Join the Texas Federalist Society for a discussion on qualified immunity. We will be joined by the Cato Institute's Clark Neily and Texas Law's Professor Jennifer Laurin. Chick-Fil-A will be served!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/29/51305/

Dean Farnsworth invites Section 1.3 for ice cream and conversation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/29/51266/

Dean Farnsworth invites Section 1.4 to join him for ice cream and conversation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/29/50513/

Screening of "The Penalty" a documentary on capital punishment followed by a Q and A with the filmmakers.

The Penalty is a feature documentary film following three people with extraordinary experiences of America's modern death penalty and goes behind the scenes of capital punishment's most recent headlines. The film is directed by Will Francome (In Prison My Whole Life, Sundance 2008) and Mark Pizzey (who together Raindance Award Winner One For Ten), and edited by James Scott (Sundance Special Jury Award for Editing award 2015 for How to Change the World).

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/29/49285/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/30/46707/

Sterne Kessler will come to give a presentation about IP law and the firm to IPLS students.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/30/51065/

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard oral argument on whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act covers sexuality and gender identification. Title VII, as you probably know, prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, and gender. However, there are currently no federal employment protections for sexuality and gender identification. ACS, OUTLaw, and PILA are excited to present a SCOTUS Debrief on the cases that are challenging whether or not Title VII should protect sexuality and gender identification. Professor Elizabeth Sepper will lead a discussion about the cases' histories, the oral argument at the Supreme Court, and then will open the floor for questions. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/30/51705/

Dean Farnsworth invites Section 3.3 to join him for ice cream and conversation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/30/50514/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/31/46708/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/31/51225/

1L students who are participating in the Alumni Mentoring Program must attend one orientation meeting, on either 10/29 or 10/31 from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Lunch will be provided.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/31/47805/

Staff Treats, Halloween Costume Contest and Office Decorating Contest

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/31/49305/

Dean Farnsworth invites Section 2.3 for ice cream and conversation.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/10/31/51245/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/01/46709/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/01/51365/

Ex Parte is the annual Texas Law Halloween party brought to you by the Student Bar Association!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/01/49087/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/02/46725/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/03/49826/

The Texas Law Alumni Association's Townes Hall Morning Coffee will kick off on the first day of class Wednesday, August 28th, and continue on Mondays through the fall semester. Open to all students every Monday morning! Please bring your favorite travel mug (we are going green, so no paper products will be provided) and enjoy FREE coffee every Monday morning to start your week off right on behalf of the Alumni Association. Coffee will be located at one, large stations located near the 1L Classrooms (by TNH 2.140, TNH 2.319) beginning at 8:45am until it's gone, so get there early!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/04/48373/

The Texas Law Alumni Association's Townes Hall Morning Coffee will kick off on the first day of class Wednesday, August 28th, and continue on Mondays through the fall semester. Open to all students every Monday morning! Please bring your favorite travel mug (we are going green, so no paper products will be provided) and enjoy FREE coffee every Monday morning to start your week off right on behalf of the Alumni Association. Coffee will be located at one, large stations located near the 1L Classrooms (by TNH 2.140, TNH 2.319) beginning at 8:45am until it's gone, so get there early!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/04/48374/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/04/49227/

Thompson & Knight will come to give a presentation about IP law and the firm to IPLS students.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/04/50465/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/04/47867/

Weekly CLS Bible Study

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/04/49212/

Join Dean Farnsworth for coffee and informal conversation in the Tom Clark Lounge!

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/05/50126/

Mentoring Program Fall Advisory Board Meeting

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/05/50685/

Find out why working in a small or midsize firm might be right for you. Panelists will discuss how to effectively prepare for a career in a small or midsized firm, as well as strategies for building a network and finding opportunities. Panelists TBD. Moderated by Denyse Demel, Career Services Office.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Friday, November 1, on Symplicity by clicking on the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/05/47048/

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. If in doubt, verify with the web-based events calendar.

The Human Rights Law Society, in conjunction with The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, will host a career panel with advice for students interested in careers and internships in international human rights law. Panelists will include Professor Ariel Dulitzky, the current director of UT's Human Rights Clinic and the former Chair-Rapporteur of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. The panel will also include students with experience in international human rights law, international criminal tribunals, and immigration work.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/05/50425/

Come learn about the differences between appellate and trial litigation from attorneys practicing at Husch Blackwell. The panelists will explain the pros and cons of appellate and trial work, along with their perspectives on the value of moot court and mock trial.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/05/50885/

Come join Texas Federalist Society for our weekly lunch debate, as we hold a discussion on arbitration. Participating in this debate will be the University of Kansas School of Law's Stephen Ware and Texas Law's own Mechele Dickerson.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/05/51325/

Over 1,000 women in Travis County report sexual crimes to law enforcement each year. But fewer than 10 cases of sexual assault are prosecuted annually.

Lawyers who represent female survivors of sexual assault will discuss ongoing civil rights litigation that challenges the failure to investigate and prosecute sexual assault crimes in Austin. Read more about the case at bit.ly/Austinsexassault.

Speakers: Jennifer Ecklund, Thompson & Knight Elizabeth Myers, Thompson & Knight

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/05/51625/

All 2L and 3L students are invited to participate in the 2020 Giles Sutherland Rich Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition. The competition is sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), the most prestigious intellectual property organization in the country. Auditions for the Competition will be held at the Law School in TNH 3.128 on November 5, 6, and 7, 2019, from 2:30–4:30 pm. Details and application materials are available here.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/05/50565/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/05/47528/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/05/51605/

Join TMLS, WLC, and Gibson Dunn attorneys for a lunch panel on November 6th. Attorneys, Ashley Nguyen, Kathryn Cherry, and Russ Falconer, will provide insights on the firm’s oil & gas, appellate, and litigation practice areas.

Lunch will be provided!

Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Time: 11:45AM to 1:00PM Room: TNH 2.123

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/06/51505/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/07/46587/

11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in the Eidman Courtroom. Lunch served at 12:45.

Lives in the Law with Kathy Nester '92, Executive Director, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.

Kathy Nester’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is entitled “Federal Public Defense on the Border.” Nester will address the impact of the current immigration crisis on her office’s work as well as her very interesting career path.

Kathy Nester is executive director of the Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. (FDSD), which is based in San Diego. FDSD’s attorneys are appointed to represent indigent persons accused of criminal offenses in the federal trial courts in the Southern District of California. Its staff consists of over 60 trial attorneys and 70 support personnel and includes a distinguished appellate department.

From 2011 to 2018, Nester served as the Federal Public Defender for the District of Utah. Before that she was an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Mississippi. Prior to working as a federal public defender, Nester was a trial lawyer in private practice in the Jackson, Mississippi area for thirteen years, representing plaintiffs in personal injury and civil rights cases and federal and state criminal defendants.

Nester has handled over fifty jury trials including capital murder, complex fraud and wrongful death cases and was awarded Mississippi Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2001. She has appeared numerous times before the Fifth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals and, in 2014, she appeared before the United States Supreme Court as co-counsel in USA v. Kevin Loughrin. Nester has served on many national committees, including the Sentencing Guidelines Committee, the National Clemency Project Steering Committee, and the U.S. Supreme Court Committee on Evidence Rules. She was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2010 and as a fellow of the International Society of Barristers in 2015.

Nester earned both her undergraduate and J.D. degrees from the University of Texas.

The “Lives in the Law” speaker series focuses on the work and lives of lawyers who strive to improve the lives of others through litigation, advocacy and public service.

Hosted by the Career Services Office and the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law. Co-sponsored by the Budd Innocence Center, American Journal of Criminal Law, Chicano/Hispanic Law Students Association, Public Defense Group, Public Interest Law Association, and the Women’s Law Caucus.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/07/48145/

This is an educational lunch designed to teach students how different attorneys schedule and attend to an average day in their practice. Different attorneys with different lives and practices illustrate how those aspects affect their day-to-day schedules.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/07/51545/

Law school exams are different. Come hear some strategies to maximize your performance.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/07/47386/

Interested students can meet directly with Kathy Nester, Executive Director of the Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. after her lunch-time discussion during the Lives in the Law event..

RSVP by Wednesday, November 6, on Symplicity by clicking on the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/07/51745/

All 2L and 3L students are invited to participate in the 2020 Giles Sutherland Rich Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition. The competition is sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), the most prestigious intellectual property organization in the country. Auditions for the Competition will be held at the Law School in TNH 3.128 on November 5, 6, and 7, 2019, from 2:30–4:30 pm. Details and application materials are available here.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/07/50586/

Learn about exciting summer and postgraduate opportunities at Los Angeles County Public Defender Office from Jonathan Cruz, Deputy Public Defender.

Snacks will be served. RSVP by Wednesday, November 6, on Symplicity by clicking on the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/07/51485/

Note: This event’s full details are restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff members only.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/07/47969/

Please join FGLS for a dinner hosted by Latham & Watkins. This dinner will be a great chance to network with your fellow first-generation students here at Texas Law. You'll also get to hear from Latham & Watkins partner Jeff Munoz talk about his experiences as a first generation attorney.

Please RSVP at texas.fgls@gmail.com.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/07/50807/

Join Deb Freeman and Robyn Munn for a lunch and learn introduction to Canva, a simplified graphic-design tool website. Learn how you can use either the free or pro version to create invitations, posters for the digital displays, flyers, presentations and more.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/08/51285/

Join us for this interactive workshop designed to prepare you to ace every interview. You will identify your unique professional strengths and practice putting those strengths in the most favorable light to ensure your best chance of getting a job offer. You will leave the program with confidence in your ability to both prepare for and nail every interview.

To get the most ouf of this workshop, please complete your Interview Preparation Checklist (PDF or Word) beforehand.

Lunch will be served. RSVP by Thursday, November 7, on Symplicity by clicking on the "Events" tab.

Full event information: https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2019/11/08/51425/